{"id":5499,"date":"2026-06-01T12:47:54","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T06:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ambdhaka.esteri.it\/?p=5499"},"modified":"2026-06-01T12:50:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T06:50:11","slug":"the-italian-musical-tradition-in-bangladesh-for-the-80th-anniversary-of-the-italian-republic-mezzotono-concert-at-the-shilpakala-academy-in-dhaka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ambdhaka.esteri.it\/en\/news\/dall_ambasciata\/2026\/06\/the-italian-musical-tradition-in-bangladesh-for-the-80th-anniversary-of-the-italian-republic-mezzotono-concert-at-the-shilpakala-academy-in-dhaka\/","title":{"rendered":"The Italian musical tradition in Bangladesh for the 80th anniversary of the Italian Republic. Mezzotono concert at the Shilpakala Academy in Dhaka."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Italian musical group Mezzotono will perform tonight at the National Theatre of the Shilpakala Academy in Dhaka to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Italian Republic.<\/p>\n<p>The event is organized by the Italian Embassy in Dhaka together with the Ministry of Culture of Bangladesh and will be attended by a large audience of local dignitaries, diplomats, businessmen, students, music enthusiasts, and fellow Italians.<\/p>\n<p>The five artists who make up the group, performing in Bangladesh for the first time, met with local musicians and music schools, including the Butternote Jazz Caf\u00e9, the Srijani School of Music, and the Shilpakala Academy. The group coordinator Fabio Lepore said, &#8220;Today was a beautiful moment, shared with Bangladeshi singers and musicians, filled with voices, smiles, and emotion. Long live the choral music that unites cultures and peoples.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mezzotono are among the most renowned interpreters of the Italian tradition of acappella singing, which originated in churches and has evolved into art and entertainment through constant technical development.<\/p>\n<p>For Italian Ambassador Alessandro, &#8220;this initiative strengthens cultural relations between Italy and Bangladesh, countries with a rich singing and musical tradition, on a special occasion such as the 80th anniversary of the Italian Republic.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Italian musical group Mezzotono will perform tonight at the National Theatre of the Shilpakala Academy in Dhaka to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Italian Republic. The event is organized by the Italian Embassy in Dhaka together with the Ministry of Culture of Bangladesh and will be attended by a large audience of local [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":5498,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambdhaka.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambdhaka.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambdhaka.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambdhaka.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambdhaka.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5499"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ambdhaka.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5502,"href":"https:\/\/ambdhaka.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5499\/revisions\/5502"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambdhaka.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambdhaka.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambdhaka.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}